by Deborah Quinn | Jun 8, 2013 | street notes, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE, Uncategorized
Buildings, old and new:
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 18, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, street notes, wordless wednesday
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 11, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, expat, NYC, NYUAD, Politics, UAE
It started last night. A “ding-ding-ding,” like someone’s phone was ringing, or like the sound you hear in department store elevators announcing that the next stop is ladies lingerie. I stomped out of bed to ask Husband why the hell he hadn’t turned off...
by Deborah Quinn | Apr 24, 2011 | Children, family, religion
As we drove in from JFK on Saturday, having just landed after a 13 hour flight from Abu Dhabi, Caleb said “now we can do that painting eggs thing for the Easter Bunny?” The Easter Bunny thought fast. “Well, I’m not sure we have eggs at home to...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 30, 2010 | NYC, Politics, Travel
Abu Dhabi made my head spin. I wasn’t there very long but I began to understand what people like Thomas Friedman mean when they talk about the collisions in the middle east between old worlds and new. Old World and New in Abu Dhabi isn’t as profound as in...
